Water levels fall after flooding in Rothbury caused by heavy rain forced the evacuation of homes.
Water levels have fallen after homes had to be evacuated when a river burst its banks during Storm Babet.
Heavy rain caused flooding by the River Coquet in Rothbury, Northumberland, and some residents had to spend the night away from their homes.The town's county councillor Steven Bridgett said many residents had a "lucky escape". Mr Bridgett, who represents Rothbury on Northumberland County Council, said the mountain rescue teams, police, fire service and county council "did everything right"."Yesterday morning they were predicting a peak of about 2.4m. The last time I checked it was about 3.35m," Mr Bridgett said.Rothbury had experienced major floods over the past 15 years so residents knew what to do, he said.
Expected showers on Saturday should ease overnight and no further flooding of properties was expected, it said. Speaking on BBC Breakfast, EA director of flood strategy Julie Foley urged anyone receiving a flood warning to "take action right now"."It's very, very important that people don't drive through flood waters, all it takes is up to 30 centimetres of fast-flowing water to actually move a car," she said.June Gibson, who has lived in her home in The Maltings in Rothbury for seven years, said the water had "come flying in like a river", right up to her front door.
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